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Jawaharlal Nehru at Harrow, where he was also known as Joe Nehru Part 2.-By Rajat

By Rajat:

Jawaharlal Nehru was born to Motilal Nehru
(1861–1931) and Swaroop Rani (1863–1954) in a Kashmiri Pandit family in
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was educated in India and Britain. In England, he
attended the independent boy's school, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.
During his time in Britain, Nehru was also known as Joe
Nehru.

On 7 February 1916, Nehru married sixteen year
old Kamala Kaul. In the first year of the marriage, Kamala gave birth to their
only child, Indira Priyadarshini. Much modern speculation has revolved around
whether, during the final days of the British in India, Nehru and Edwina
Mountbatten, the wife of Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, were
romantically involved.

Life and career

Nehru raised the flag of independent India in New
Delhi on 15 August 1947, the day India gained Independence. Nehru's
appreciation of the virtues of parliamentary democracy, secularism and
liberalism, coupled with his concerns for the poor and underprivileged, are recognised
to have guided him in formulating socialist policies that influence India to
this day. They also reflect the socialist origins of his worldview. His
daughter, Indira Gandhi, and grandson, Rajiv Gandhi, also served as Prime
Ministers of India.

Successor to Gandhi

On 15 January 1941 Gandhi said, "Some say
Pandit Nehru and I were estranged. It will require much more than difference of
opinion to estrange us. We had differences from the time we became co-workers
and yet I have said for some years and say so now that not Rajaji but
Jawaharlal will be my successor."[12]

Political apprenticeship

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